Leviathan - Czernobog
Harpoon Brewery & Beer Hall

 

 

 

 

A 22 oz 2014 bottle poured into a Porter Bar goblet. It pours with a dark, opaque, near black body that has thin dark ruby edges and a short tan head.

Aroma - Fruity, with notes of dates, figs and plums, Dark roast malts with little alcohol in the nose.

Flavor: Rich, strong and boozy. Dark fruits, hints of coffee; light burnt grains and smoke. Sweet up front but turns mildly bitter by the time the aftertaste starts to fade.

Feel - Full bodied, rich in velvet texture; Lightly hot in the mouth and quite warming upon swallowing.

O - A rich RIS; with about 2 years of aging, the boozy element is well hidden in the aroma but not the taste.

 

 

 

 

From the bottle, it pours a very dark brown, even black, with a brown head, which lasts. Roasted malt, cocoa and coffee in the nose. Taste follows the nose, Yum!

2012 vintage, so score set to current average.

Cocoa dominates the aroma, fairly sweet, with hints of dark cherries, tar, and roast malt adding complexity.

Flavor is cocoa dominant, fairly sweet, becoming roasty with a hint of sharp dark fruit initially. Fades to roast and toasted, nutty malt at the finish. Notes of dark cherry become more pronounced as it warms, but the cocoa still dominates and lingers. Good stuff! Would give it a similar score. Could easily age longer.

A-almost black in color with two fingers worth of dark tan head

S-roasted malt, dark chocolate, coffee, molasses, and some dark fruits

T-taste is similar to the smell with dark roasted malts, dark coffee, chocolate, and light dark fruits

M-medium to full body, moderate carbonation

Overall a nice roasted RIS with good chocolate sweetness, pretty enjoyable

On tap at the Old Toad in Rochester, NY.

This one pours a dark black, with a small head, and a little bit of a lacing.

Smells like booze, bourbon, chocolate, and dark fruits.

This has a weirdly strong bourbony flavor to it, even though it's not barrel-aged.I could just be mistaking bourbon flavor for boozy flavor, who knows. There is some chocolate, and dark fruits, but this just feels mostly like a thin boozy stout with not much to offer, unfortunately. Not all that impressed here.

This is kind of thin bodied, with a lower level of carbonation. I wish it was way creamier, honestly.

This feels a bit too boozy with not a whole lot else going on.

 

 

2015 stamped on the bottle; other than that no dating. Super dark brown almost black pour with quite a thick, frothy khaki colored head despite care in pouring into a Smuttynose snifter. Mahogany aura along the edge with small carbonation bubbles. Aroma is of roasted malts and chocolate but rather subdued. Flavor is of chocolate, tar, ash, molasses, and coffee. Medium to full bodied and pretty thick but more of a creamy feel on the palate. Czernobog was a gamble when I found it but I was overly surprised by this RIS and it was better than expected. Well done!

 

 

 

Pours black in color with minimal head retention.

Aroma is roasted, malty, and somewhat sweet.

Flavor is roasted, malty, and somewhat dry. Pretty spot-on for the style, without any bells and whistles.

A nice, solid, good russian imperial stout.